Well look i dont know much about this shit Im just spitballing if you will. I just think Poe and Dorsey can play off each other in 43. I gota research and learn about the techniques. Im not gona try and BS like i know everything. Just trying to throw out a dline theory

I had some discussions with Sorter on Dorsey. I think he could play fine in a 3-technique, but he's studied him enough to say Dorsey has struggled in that role. So he's not an ideal fit for either a 1-gap 3-4 or a 4-3 DT. His value might just be that he's an average rotational 5-technique in a 2-gap defense. Poe can be okay in a 1-technique, but again... that changes him from a game changer to a guy in a more supporting role in a 4-3. It doesn't get the most of his potential.

Hali and Houston would likely do fine in a 4-3. But again, you're talking about two studs in a 3-4 and there's anything but a guarantee they'd come close to matching how good they are. Hali's history is that he has been significantly better in a 3-4.

I had some discussions with Sorter on Dorsey. I think he could play fine in a 3-technique, but he's studied him enough to say Dorsey has struggled in that role. So he's not an ideal fit for either a 1-gap 3-4 or a 4-3 DT. His value might just be that he's an average rotational 5-technique in a 2-gap defense. Poe can be okay in a 1-technique, but again... that changes him from a game changer to a guy in a more supporting role in a 4-3. It doesn't get the most of his potential.

Hali and Houston would likely do fine in a 4-3. But again, you're talking about two studs in a 3-4 and there's anything but a guarantee they'd come close to matching how good they are. Hali's history is that he has been significantly better in a 3-4.

I gotcha man. Just dont wana switch D aligments but **** it Reid's been successful. Get another good DC

If we stick in the 34 we have to have an attacking one. Not this read and react shit. It doesnt work. Only worked for RAC because they were cheating in New England

We all agree on that. Ray Horton, Ron Rivera, Reggie Herring run a more 1-gap style of a 3-4. That's a far easier change to make. Really the two critical pieces there are 3-technique DEs, which are not impossible to find. And hell, Dorsey and Bailey might be okay to do that already.

I gotcha man. Just dont wana switch D aligments but **** it Reid's been successful. Get another good DC

Reid hasn't been successful on defense. Jim Johnson was a defensive mastermind and the architect of Reid's successful defense in the early decade. Since he died, the Eagles' defense has struggled. Reid's defense has ranked outside the top 15 and he's fired 2 DCs in 4 years (his final Bowles, was so bad, he deserved to be the 3rd guy fired). Not a good track record.

Again, it's why I don't want Reid deciding what defense we run. He doesn't know what his defensive identity is, other than he wants an attacking defense that will probably never live up to the unbelievably brilliant scheme his DC ran years ago.